10-21-2009, 12:40 PM | #61 |
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Exactly. And you see, the same fallacy applies to people wanting Marvel or DC to take over the TMNT comics... it's well and good on paper, but Marvel and DC have zero tolerance for low sales. Zero tolerance. At the first sign of a TMNT comic dropping beneath 15,000 copies (and the current comic sells in the 3000s) it would be cancelled, and you'd never hear about it ever again.
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I havn't been keeping up with nick...is this good news? Bad news? Should we be REALLY Worried?
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10-21-2009, 12:42 PM | #63 |
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It's fantastic news if you're a fan of the children's cartoons.
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Meaning that despite the franchise's kid appeal and Nick's reputation within that market, that various TMNT media, be it comics or what have you, could still be permitted to portray the characters in their original adult-oriented tone. Orrrrrr Viacom could have just thrown so much money at Laird that he just said "Take it! It's your's!" and ran to the Bahamas. But I'll give Laird enough credit to believe he wouldn't do that and at least made SOME provisions protecting the future of mature TMNT literature. |
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10-21-2009, 12:58 PM | #66 |
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Doubtful, as it sounds like a deal was already signed and in place by the time Nickelodeon/Viacom entered the equation. They'd just inherit whatever the deal was.
Depending on what phase the deal was at, Nickelodeon/Viacom may not even have the power to veto whatever is being made.
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10-21-2009, 01:03 PM | #68 |
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Excited to see what changes. This is not the end of the (Turtle) world.
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10-21-2009, 01:07 PM | #69 |
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10-21-2009, 01:08 PM | #70 |
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And does this also mean that Yu-Gi-Oh! and Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's will be with paramount for the DVD Distribution Deal?
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10-21-2009, 01:10 PM | #71 |
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NO! Its just TMNT related!
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It's just the end of the line for all the people who helped make these characters worth their 60 Mill payout.
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I just don't understand why the sale at all. If Laird wanted out, why didn't he just...pass the reins off to someone else? And what was the point of buying out Eastman's stake if all he was going to do was sell it again?
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10-21-2009, 01:27 PM | #75 |
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Which really speaks volumes as to the phase the deal is in. Once a script is approved (and it may already have been approved) and a deal in place, not Peter or Gary or Nickelodeon could say anything to change things -- it doesn't matter who is holding the rights, a deal is a deal.
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10-21-2009, 01:31 PM | #76 |
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Wow this is a shock I mean I always knew it would be sold to a big corpartion one day but I thought we had a while still to go. Well as a kids franchise this is good news I guess. Nick can get the Turtles out there more then Mirage or 4Kids ever could. I just hope they maintane good quality. I'm not all that worried that it will be dumb down Avatar and Wolverine and the X-Men prove that there willing to show strong content on there kids shows.
Although I got a feeling the comics are dead although what it seemed the Mirage comics already were going to die anyway. I atleast had hopes of collections coming out of the old stuff from Mirage and Archie now they will probraly just be forgotten. I hope I'm wrong I really do.
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10-21-2009, 01:33 PM | #78 |
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Really, the first thing I thought of when I heard this news was how the Mirage comics are over.
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Didn't see this mentioned yet... Sorry if it has... If anyone is interested Peter Laird is taking questions on his blog today... He has responded to a couple...
http://plairdblog.blogspot.com/2009/10/ask-pl-4.html -mm |
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Oh. Well if that's the case then the movie is very much still wet puddy in Nickelodeon's hands... to be molded in any way they see fit.
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